'''Michael Shermer''' is the founder of [[The Skeptics Society]] and editor of ''[[Skeptic (magazine)|Skeptic]]'' magazine. He has a PhD in the history of [[science]] and writes about a large number of [[paranormal]] and [[supernatural]] claims from a [[skepticism|skeptical]] perspective.

'''Michael Shermer''' is the founder of [[The Skeptics Society]] and editor of ''[[Skeptic (magazine)|Skeptic]]'' magazine. He has a PhD in the history of [[science]] and writes about a large number of [[paranormal]] and [[supernatural]] claims from a [[skepticism|skeptical]] perspective.

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==Biography==

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===Personal life===

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Shermer was born and raised in Southern California, graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in 1972.

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===Education===

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*Bachelor's degree in Psychology/Biology at Pepperdine in 1976.

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*Master's degree in Experimental Psychology at California State University, in 1978.

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*Doctor of Philosophy degree from Claremont Graduate University in the History of Science in 1991.

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===Professional life===

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Science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic.

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==Works==

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===Bibliography===

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*Teach Your Child Science 1989

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*Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time.

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*Teach Your Child Math and Mathemagics 1999

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*The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense 2001

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*How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science 2001

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*The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience 2002

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*Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? 2002

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*In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace: A Biographical Study on the Psychology of History 2002

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*The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule 2004